Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 0 comments

Minecraft: Wii U Edition will be undergoing maintenance as we head into next week. The game’s online services will be impacted for a little under two hours.

Here’s when the maintenance is scheduled for:

– 8:50 PM PT – 10:30 PM PT
– 11:50 PM ET – 1:30 AM ET
– 4:50 AM in the UK – 6:30 AM in the UK
– 5:50 AM in Europe – 7:30 AM in Europe

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U eShop | 0 comments

Indie developer Cragworks is creating BLOC, a new game for the Wii U eShop. A trailer is attached below.

All of the action in BLOC takes place on the GamePad. In it, you control different BLOCs while bouncing a ball around. Up to four players can participate.

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News | 6 Comments

Nintendo now an official page open for Zero Time Dilemma on its website. It reveals that Zero Time Dilemma has no 3D support, which we can also confirm personally (yes, we have the game, and you’ll see a review soon!).

As for the game’s file size, Zero Time Dilemma takes up 9,558 blocks. That amounts to 1194.75MB. If you’re in Japan, Zero Time Dilemma can be pre-loaded now.

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 5 Comments

Splatoon’s 15th Splatfest took place in Europe last week, and is set for this weekend in Japan. It’s now been announced that North America’s event is happening next weekend.

The new Splatfest is Early Birds vs. Night Owls. It’ll begin on June 24 at 9 PM PT / June 25 at 12 AM ET. It’ll be live for a full day, with the results coming soon after.

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Images, Mobile, News | 3 Comments

Nintendo UK is now taking pre-orders for the Pokemon GO Plus device. You can reserve it right here. We also have a look at the packaging, posted above.

For those that missed it, Pokemon GO Plus can be pre-ordered on Amazon US here. It’s on Amazon Canada here.

Thanks to Jason Burrows for the tip.

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch, Wii U | 58 Comments

Many outlets scored interviews with Nintendo’s top executives and developers at E3 this week, including E! Reggie was asked about Zelda: Breath of the Wild, and noted that it’ll have something for both new players and longtime fans, stating that it will be “the best of both worlds.”

Reggie mentioned:

“As [Eiji] Aonuma and the team were thinking about what to do next with Zelda, this thought of exploration, open air, the ability for you, if you want, to go try and take on the big bad boss right at the get go…it won’t go so well, but you can! You have all of that freedom. That’s what they wanted. … The game is a masterpiece.

There still is puzzle solving. You still are questing to find better and better weapons, to beat tougher and tougher enemies out there. Over the next couple of months we’ll share more and more about what’s the same and what’s different. There still are elements that are traditional to a Zelda game. We believe it’s the best of both worlds.”

By the way, as a bit of an aside, Reggie said that the item he hates the most in Mario Kart is the Blooper since he hates getting inked.

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, General Nintendo, News, Switch, Wii U | 80 Comments

Financial Post published a new interview with Nintendo of America’s executive vice-president of sales, Scott Moffitt. Topics include lessons learned from this generation, third-parties, when we’ll be hearing more about NX, and more.

We’ve posted some excerpts from the interview past the break. The full discussion can be read here.

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in GameCube, General Nintendo, News | 3 Comments

Just like with Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, Evo 2016 is setting a record with Smash Bros. Melee. The event will host the biggest tournament for the game that we’ve ever seen.

That news comes straight from the official Evo Twitter account:

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U eShop | 0 comments

Midnight 2 came to the North American Wii U eShop last month. In Europe, it’s now confirmed for release on June 30.

Developer Petite Games shared the news on Twitter:

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 0 comments

Update: Bumped to the top. Several new games are now up as well on Amazon Canada.

Amazon Canada is starting to take pre-orders for the new Nintendo-related products highlighted at E3 this week. The new Super Mario and Pokemon GO Plus can be pre-ordered here.

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